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Hi everyone,

I wanna let "Severity" to have the same function like "Category".

What I mean is by default "Severity" is "(Select)", that means users will get alert message when submit with the blank column for "Severity".

I found a previous discussion is to create a new severity named "YourDefaultNewSeverity", but it doesn't mandatory.

Hope to get any solution soon.

Thank you so much!!!!!

You can write a custom function (read the Admin Guide for details) or a plugin (read the Developer Guide) to validate input.

Hi Atrol,

Thanks for your reply.

You are right by using the custom function.

But is there no way to modify original Severity column to make it work?

You can use the mentioned methods (custom function or plugin) to modify the original severity column.
These are good methods, as they will work also after upgrading Mantis to a newer version.

The other (easier) option would be to change source of Mantis, but I don't recommend it.

Hello,

@chiahua : Did you code such a plugin and would be willing to share?
Did someone else implement this and would be willing to share this?

Thank you and best regards
Carsten